22.100 Attorney's fees - general principles
22.111 District court's obligation to make explicit findings
22.112 District court's obligation to rely on evidence in the
record
22.113 Prevailing party must prove entitlement to all fees
claimed
22.130 Statutory authority for fees and costs
22.140 Statutory authority, by anti-discrimination law, for fee
awards
22.141.10 Whether Title VII's "prevailing party"
analysis applies
22.141.30 Standard of awarding fees to employer
22.144 42 U.S.C. § 1981
22.145 42 U.S.C. § 1983
22.146 FMLA
22.147 Rehabilitation Act
22.149 [Reserved]22.150 Purpose of awarding attorney's fees
22.161 Standards for awarding fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1981
and Title VII
are identical
22.162 Standards for awarding fees under the ADA and Title
VII are
identical
22.163 42 U.S.C. § 1988 standard applies to fee analysis
based on other
statutes
22.164 Attorney's fees can be awarded under Title VII for a
party
prevailing in a state administrative proceeding
22.165 Standard for apportioning fees against multiple
defendants
22.200 Attorney's fees on behalf of employee
22.211 Lodestar method preferred
22.212 Factors considered in lodestar
22.213 Prevailing plaintiff ordinarily entitled to attorney's
fees
22.220 Prevailing party / catalyst theory
22.221 Nominal relief or no relief
22.222 What if mixed-motive defense is established?
22.222.10 Mixed-motive Title VII retaliation claims
22.223 Relief on pendent state claims only
22.224 Injunctive relief that does not benefit the plaintiff
22.231.10 District court has broad discretion
22.231.20 Rates in local community
22.231.21 Prevailing rate for similar work
22.231.22 Attorney's normal hourly rate
22.231.30 Whether to award current or historical
rates
22.231.40 Examples of recent hourly rates awarded
22.232.10 Multiple lawyers performing same task
22.232.20 Duty to exercise "billing judgment"
22.232.30 Specific issues
22.232.31 Hours for "jury watch"
22.233 Degree of success or "results obtained"
22.233.10 Whether claims are related or severable?
22.233.20 Victory on few claims and award of limited
relief
22.233.30 Victory on most claims and award of
substantial relief
22.233.40 Victory on most claims, but no award of
significant relief
22.233.50 Victory on most claims and award of
limited, but not insubstantial, relief
22.233.60 Comparison between ad
damnum and
amount actually awarded
22.234.10 Time records should be contemporaneous
22.234.20 Time records should be meticulous
22.235 Pre-judgment interest
22.236 [Reserved]
22.237 [Reserved]
22.238 Multiplier for exceptional success
22.239 Other factors in determination of court-awarded fees
22.239.10 Effect of offer of judgment or
settlement
offer on award of attorney's fees
22.239.11 Calculating amount of judgment
with respect to a Rule 68 offer
of judgment
22.239.30 Proportionality of fees to the
plaintiff's
award
22.240 Entitlement to fees for time spent litigating fee award
22.250 Interplay between court-awarded fees and contingent fees
22.261 Effect on fee award when judgment for plaintiff is
reversed
22.300 Attorney's fees and other sanctions on behalf of employer
22.310 Legal standard for awarding fees to employer
22.311 Reliance on attorney's advice is not a complete
defense
22.312 Showing of bad faith not required, and proof
of good
faith is not a defense
22.313 Right to notice before sanctions are imposed
22.314 Dismissal for failure to state a claim
does not
automatically mean lawsuit was frivolous
22.315 Effect of offer of judgment or
settlement offer upon
employer's entitlement to
attorney's fees
22.316 When is an appeal frivolous?
22.320 Even if legal standard is met, decision to award fees is
discretionary
22.330 Apportioning fees between frivolous and non-frivolous
claims
22.341 Attorney's fees not recoverable as
part of a Rule 68
offer of judgment
22.342 When does a settlement qualify as a
nuisance-value
settlement?
22.411.10 Employer can recover
costs even though
lawsuit was not frivolous
22.413 Legal authority for awarding costs
22.413.20 Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)
22.414 Interplay between legal authority for awarding costs
22.415 Prevailing party for purposes of costs
22.416 Court must provide a valid reason for not awarding
costs to a
prevailing party
22.416.10 Reasons to deny costs to prevailing party
22.420 Case law interpreting legal authority for awarding costs
22.421 Overview
22.423.11 Nominal damages is
sufficient for
prevailing party status
22.423.12 Both sides cannot be
prevailing
party
22.430 Whether particular costs are recoverable
22.430.08 Service of process fees